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Preliminary:

Invite to Psalm 119:89

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Tonight I am beginning a Sunday Night series through the Bible.

I will take each book and look at either the overall message or a key verse from that.

This is an attempt to help us become more familiar with our Bibles and hopefully inspire you to read through the books with me this year.

This is not an apologetic effort, just a study of what God’s word says.

We will take a birds-eye look at every book in the Bible so it will take a while.

We will put it on pause for revivals, camps, special services, and/or if the Lord should lead in another direction.

Psalm 119:89

Tonight I want to begin with a basic Jet Tour of the Bible - so buckle your seat belts and get ready to fly through fascinating things about God’s Word.

Read Psalm 119:89

Introduction

Alternate Introduction:

When it comes to the Holy Bible, what frustrates you if anything?

The American Bible societies, annual report (April 2022), finds:

the most Americans, have some respect for the scriptures

and many want to read them.

But there are some obstacles,

the most common complaint people have is that it's hard to find the time to read the Bible regularly.

Others say it's hard to know where to begin

and many people are confused by some of the language

younger people more likely to cite these problems that are older Americans.

Michael Harrington Sr in News

Source: https://www.srnnews.com/audio-news/srn-hourly-news-04-24-22-0400-pm-cdt/

I can’t promise to answer all of these questions tonight - but I do hope to instill in you a great love, respect, and reverence for the Bible.

If the Bible were read aloud, as in a church service, it would take about 70 hours and 40 minutes to read the whole Bible, with the Old Testament taking about 52 hours and 20 minutes and the New Testament taking about 18 hours and 20 minutes.

1 Mark Water, The Christian Book of Records (Alresford, Hants, UK: John Hunt Pub., 2002), 11.

As some one has so beautifully said,

“The Bible is not a history, yet it gives the origin, progress and destiny of the human race.

It is not a book of science, yet it contains a storehouse of knowledge on scientific subjects.

It is not a book of botany, yet it gives us a beautiful picture of the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley.

It is not a work on geology, yet speaks of the Rock of Ages.

Not a treatise on philosophy or psychology, but filled with philosophical truth and tells the future state of the soul.

Not on mathematics, yet it gives us a description of the most magnificent superstructure ever beheld, a city whose latitude, longitude and altitude have never been surpassed.

Not on astronomy, yet it speaks of the sun and moon and tells of a day when the stars sang together.

It is not a book of poetry yet contains the most beautiful verse that ever fell from the lips of man.”

A book so complete that nothing is passed over, no one is ignored and nothing is left out and from the little child to the aged parent, from the ignorant Hottentot to the learned professor, all may come and find in this Grand Old Book help for their every need.

The Grand old Book J. Wesley Aycock Ch 4

Somebody said, about the Bible, "The Bible is such a wonderful book.

It is shallow enough that a little child can come and get a drink without fear of drowning, and so deep that the scholars can swim in it and never touch bottom."

Adrian Rogers,

The Adrian Rogers Legacy Collection – Sermons, (North Palm Beach, FL: Adrian Rogers Foundation, 2011), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "How to Walk in the Spirit".

GREAT MEN HAVE GIVEN GREAT QUOTES ON THE GREAT BOOK:

Above all, the pure and benign light of Revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind, and increased the blessings of society.

-- George Washington

I always have said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.

-- Thomas Jefferson

The first and almost the only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible.

I speak as a man of the world, and I say to you, "Search the Scriptures."

-- John Quincy Adams

It (the Bible) is the rock on which our republic rests.--

Andrew Jackson

It was for the love of the truths of this great and good book that our fathers abandoned their native shore for the wilderness.

-- Zachary Taylor

I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible.

Take all of this book you can upon reason and the balance by faith, and you will live and die a better man.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts on your hearts and practice them in your lives.

To the influence of this book we are indebted for the progress made, and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

-- Ulysses S. Grant

http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/2601-2700/HDM2635.pdf

Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.

Ronald Reagan

http://www.freshwindfreshfire.org/QUOTES.html

The Psalmist declares: Psalm 119:89

This verse comes from the longest chapter in the Bible?

176 verses and all but seven of them talk about God’s word.

It sometimes uses different terms (precepts, statutes, commandments, and judgments)

The inspired Psalmist describes what God’s word meant to him, the effect it had on him, and it shows us the importance of the Bible for the Christian

“Some people use the Bible:

as a source of doctrine,

as a source of evidence to prove points,

as a boost for their mood when they are discouraged,

or as a book for religious routines.

The Bible is good for those purposes, but if a person uses the Bible only in those ways, it may seem to become separate from his relationship with God.

The Bible is supposed to be much more for a believer.

(Stephen Gibson - Reading as Worship)

The Seven Miracles of the Word

The miracle of its creation – its growth is a mystery

The miracle of it unity – it is a library of 66 books, but is considered one.

The miracle of its period of time – the oldest book of all time

The miracle of its marketing – sold more than any other book

The miracle of its appeal – all makes of people, old, young, poor, rich, black and white have read it

The miracle of its composition – the best book from a literary standpoint

The miracle of its durability – the most hated of all books, yet it remains to exist.

Foundations of Holiness Workbook 1 p 6

The Bible is certainly the most remarkable piece of literature this world has ever seen.

It has outsold every other publication

has been translated into more languages than any other work of literature.

While the works of Shakespeare have been in more than 30 languages and individual editions of the plays and poems in over 80 languages, as of 2005, some portions of the Bible have been translated into over 2400 languages.

So the Bible ...

• Took more than 1,500 years to compile

• Approximately 40 different authors

• Written primarily in Hebrew and Greek, with occasional Aramaic

• Various authors: King, peasants, warriors, priests, patriots and prophets.

is made up of 66 books divided into two testaments

The Old Testament has 39

The New Testament has 27

Bonus - There are 21 Apocryphal books